Best way to obtain prefix and last part of url in Laravel - php

Question

I have a group route like this
PHP LARAVEL 9
/**
* ACCOMODATIONS
*/
Route::controller(AccomodationsController::class)->group(function () {
Route::prefix('accomodations')->group(function () {
Route::GET('/', 'index');
Route::GET('/italy', 'index');
Route::GET('/greece', 'index');
});
});
In the controller side I want to obtain the accomodations part and the italy greece part without slashes. I'm doing like this
PHP LARAVEL 9
class AccomodationsController extends Controller
{
public function index(request $request){
$listType = [
'type' => trim($request->route()->getPrefix(), '/'),
'route' => request()->segment(count(request()->segments()))
];
dd($listType);
);
}
/*
http://example.com/accomodations outputs
array [
"type" => "accomodations"
"route" => ""
]
/*
/*
http://example.com/accomodations/italy outputs
array [
"type" => "accomodations"
"route" => "italy"
]
*/
/*
http://example.com/accomodations/greece outputs
array [
"type" => "accomodations"
"route" => "greece"
]
*/
This works but the way I'm manipulating the request in $listType seems a little bloated to me, is there a cleaner way in laravel?

Answer 1

Use parameterized route for same method.
Routes
Route::controller(AccomodationsController::class)->group(function () {
Route::prefix('accomodations')->group(function () {
Route::GET('/{destination}', 'index');
});
});
Controller
public function index(Request $request, $destination){
$listType = [
'type' => trim($request->route()->getPrefix(), '/'),
'route' => $destination
];
dd($listType);
);
If your destination is optional you can use optional parameter
Edit 1:
Route with Optional Parameter
Route::controller(AccomodationsController::class)->group(function () {
Route::prefix('accomodations')->group(function () {
Route::GET('/{destination?}', 'index');
});
});
Controller with Optional parameter
public function index(Request $request, $destination=''){
$listType = [
'type' => trim($request->route()->getPrefix(), '/'),
'route' => $destination
];
dd($listType);
);
you can assign any value (null, string, int, etc.) to the destination variable just like the default function argument in PHP.